Actor Malachi Throne (b.1928) died on March 13. Throne portrayed Senator Pardek on Star Trek: The Next Generation, False Face on Batman, Commodore José Mendez and The Keeper on Star Trek, various roles on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, as well as The Six Million Dollar Man, Babylon 5, various animated Batman television series and the animated video Green Lantern: First Flight. Throne was offered the role of Dr. McCoy on Star Trek, but turned it down because he didn’t want to be cast as third banana to Shatner and Nimoy.